Timeline:
~1915 Milton
and Ada Shetler buy farm 3 miles east of Cheraw, CO
1921 Milton
and Ada rent out the farm and move to Scottdale, PA
Milton works on Mennonite Publishing House
1922 Milton
and Ada move to Colorado Springs, Milton works for the school board
14 August 1923 Helen Elizabeth Shetler born, Colorado Springs, CO
Winter 1923-1924 Helen has scarlet fever
Jan. 1925 Family moves back to family farm near
Cheraw
May 1928 Family purchases used 1926 Buick open
touring car
July 1928 Train trip w/Ada & brothers Eldon and
Floyd to Hubbard, OR to visit Ada’s sister
August 1929 Great Depression begins
April 1930 Living in Otero County, CO, w/parents &
6 siblings & Ada’s sister (US Census)
Spring 1930 Family trades farm near Cheraw, CO for house on
ten acres in Hesston, KS
Jan. 1931 Family moves to Hesston, KS with pony
riding on running board of car
Summer 1932 Spends summer in Garden City, Missouri w/ Miller
grandparents and Aunt Allie
1933/34 Dust Bowl begins
1934 Aunt
Allie gets married, moves out of Milton and Ada’s home
~1935 Milton
teaches Helen to drive
~1936 Family
purchases a baler and a 1933 Ford truck, Milton starts straw business
Spring 1937 Helen finishes 8th grade
Summ ‘37-Summ ‘38 Helen takes year off of school to work to
help support her family
Fall 1938-Spring 1939 Helen resumes school and completes 9th
grade
May 1939 Milton
leaves the family
Summ ‘39-Summ ‘40 Helen leaves school again, works as live-in
maid for judge’s family
Sep. 1939 World
War II begins
April 1940 Living in Hesston, KS, with mother and 9
siblings (US Census)
Fall 1940 Helen resumes school, works in the school
office
~1941 Ada
sells the farm and family moves to adjoining, smaller house
December 1941 US enters World War II
1942 Charles
and Juanita Reeder attend school in Hesston, KS
Charles
leaves school halfway through the year after being drafted
~1942 Charles
registers as conscientious objector
Oct. 18, 1942 Helen’s story “Who Told The Truth” was published
in “Words of Cheer”
Spring 1943 Helen graduates
high school
Summer 1943 Helen moves to Idaho to work for the summer
She lives with her cousin and Juanita Reeder
July 6, 1944 Marriage to Charles William Reeder in Filer, Idaho
1945 Ada
and Helen’s younger siblings move to Filer, Idaho
Jan. 16, 1945 First child, Raymond Charles, is born
Feb. 6, 1945 Charles assigned to Glacier National Park,
Montana
Sep. 2, 1945 End of World War II
June 8, 1946 Second child, Ronald Gene, is born
1946 Charles
transferred to Veteran’s Mental Hospital, Roseburg, Oregon
Aug. 21, 1946 Charles released from wartime duties
1947 Charles
goes to work for farmer Charles Zach in Filer, Idaho
Sep. 26, 1948 Third child, Doris Elaine, is born
1953 Charles
obtains his own farm in Kimberly, Idaho
July 8, 1953 Fourth child, Harold Arlan, is born
August 20, 1954 Fifth child, Merlin Royce, is born
March 26, 1958 Sixth child, Wanda Coleen, is born
January 1960 Family moves to Mountlake Terrace, WA, kids go to
King’s Garden School
Charles
works for Ostrom’s Mushroom and then a furniture factory
~1960-1970 Helen works as bookkeeper for King’s Garden
School
1970 First
(of 21) grandchildren born
1978 Charles
starts his own business, Chuck’s Appliance Services
1984 Helen
and Charles move to house in Bothell
Nov. 25, 1987 Helen publishes a story in “The Enterprise—Once Upon
A Memory”
1997 First
(of 31) great-grandchildren born
August 2003 Helen and Charles move to Marysville, WA
March 17, 2015 Charles’s death
August 29, 2020 Helen’s death
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